Appeal No. 96-3618
Application 08/004,598
the handset is cradled in the base station. Hong shows a
cordless telephone in figure 1 which is connected to a
telephone utility company via telephone lines 14. The handset
18 has a built-in battery 38. The handset is adapted to fit
into the base unit 12 for charging (col. 4, lines 47-49).
Charging is contactless via an induction voltage produced by
power transmitter 32 (col. 4, lines 22-25): "A digital power
receiver 44 detects and rectifies the induction voltage from
the digital power transmitter 32 of the base unit 12 to charge
the battery 38 . . . ." Hong establishes a prima facie case
of anticipation of claim 9.
Appellant argues that "[a]ccording to Applicant's
specification, as well as in accordance with ordinary usage of
the term in the U.S.A., a 'cordless telephone system'
inherently includes various key features, such as a 'hand-set'
with a dial for dialing telephone numbers" (3dRBr4) and that
"Hong neither describes nor suggests a 'cordless telephone
system' in the sense expressly defined by Applicant" (3dRBr4).
To the extent certain features are inherent in a cordless
telephone, they are inherent in the cordless telephone of
Hong. When Hong discloses a cordless telephone handset 18 it
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